Stave basket



(No Model.)-

J. W. ALLEGER.

STAVE BASKET.

No. 414,894. Patented Nov. 12, 1889..

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JOHN WV. 'ALLEGER, OF BROOKLYN, NEIV YORK.

STAVE BASKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 414,894, dated November 12, 1889.

I Application filed February 7, 1889. Serial No. 299,014. (No model.)

To to whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN W. ALLEGER, of the city of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Stave Baskets, of which the following a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improvement in stave baskets, and has for its object to provide a means whereby the said baskets may be constructed at a minimum cost, and, further, wherein the bottom of the basket will be firmly supported and securely held in position and the basket be capable of harder usage than baskets of a similar nature constructed in the ordinary manner.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth, and pointed out in the claim.

. Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a partof this specification, in which similar letters and figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a basket constructed in accordance with my improvement. Fig. 2 is a partial central vertical section, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the hoop or band.

In carrying out the invention the hoop or band 10, adapted to form a portion of the base of the basket, is constructedof angle iron bent to a polygonal or to a circular shape, as

in practice may be found most desirable. The

staves 11 of the basket are attached to the vertical member a of the hoop or band by means of tacks 12, rivets, or equivalent devices, as illustrated in Fig. 2.

In attaching the staves to the hoop or band a block 13, of wood, metal, or other material, is inserted between the vertical member a of the hoop and the outer face of the stave, as

illustrated in Fig. 2. The block 13 may be a continuous piece, if desired, but I prefer to use a series of blocks. The block or blocks serve to give an inclination to the sides of 'the basket and to add strength to the slats or staves at their point of attachment to the hoop or band. The bottom of the stave is adapted to rest upon the horizontal member 19 of the hoop, and the tack, rivet, or other device is preferably passed through the vertitical member of the hoop above the block 13. The staves having been attached to the hoop in the manner above described the bottom 14 is sawed or otherwise cut to a shape corresponding to the contour of the hoop or band, the peripheral surface of which bottom is preferably downwardly inclined and undercut, as illustrated at 15 in Fig.2. The bottom is of such diameter that it may be forced downward in contact with the base of the staves to a bearing upon the horizontal member 17 of the hoop or band, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 2. When the bottom is thus forced to place, it may be held in position by means of tacks, screws, or other equivalent devices passed through the horizontal member of the hoop or band into the under face of the bottom; or the nails or screws may be omitted and the bottom may be made of such size that it will remain in position by reason of frictional contact with the base of the staves.

I desire it to be understood that although the basket is illustrated as having the staves in a vertical position, the same may be placed diagonally, running in the same direction; or theymay be made to overlap or cross one another, as preferred; or they may be arranged at a right angle to the bottom.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patentr In a basket, the colnbination,with an angular hoop or band, of staves attached to the vertical member of the same, having a bearing upon the horizontal member and a block between the base of the staves and the vertical member of the hoop, a bottom conforming to the contour of the hoop or band, having a beveled or undercut periphery, said bottom being in contact with the inner face of the staves at their base, and the horizontal member of the hoop or band, substantially as shown and described.

JOHN WV. ALLEGER. Vitnesses:

J. T. ACKER, J12, EDGAR TATE. 

